Stevie Wonder
African-American singer, songwriter, record producer, musician, and social activist.
To see the heaven in your eyes is not so far,
'Cause I'm not afraid to try and go it,
To know the love and beauty never known before,
I'll leave it up to you to show it.
I just called to say I love you,
I just called to say how much I care,
I just called to say I love you,
And I mean it from the bottom of my heart.
Looking back on when I was a little nappy-headed boy,
Then my only worry was for Christmas, what would be my toy?
Even though we sometimes would not get a thing,
We were happy with the joy the day would bring.
Like a fool I went and stayed too long,
Now I'm wondering if your love's still strong,
Ooh, baby, here I am,
Signed, sealed, delivered, I'm yours!
And I can't go on this way,
With it stronger every day,
But being too shy to say
That I really love you.
My Cherie Amour, pretty little one that I adore
You're the only girl my heart beats for
How I wish that you were mine.
I'm happier than the morning sun,
And that's the way you said that it would be,
If I should ever bring you inside my life.
Goin' back to Saturn where the rings all glow,
Rainbow, moonbeams and orange snow,
On Saturn, people live to be two hundred and five,
Goin' back to Saturn where the people smile,
Don't need cars 'cause we've learned to fly,
On Saturn, just to live to us is our natural high.
'Where is your God?'
That's what my friends ask me,
And I say it's taken him so long
'Cause we've got so far to come.
I'm so darn glad he let me try it again,
'Cause my last time on earth I lived a whole world of sin,
I'm so glad that I know more than I knew then,
Gonna keep on trying until I reach my highest ground.
Well I'm a man of many wishes,
Hope my premonition misses,
But what I really feel,
My eyes won't let me hide,
'Cause they always start to cry,
'Cause this time could mean goodbye.
For once in my life
I have someone who needs me,
Someone I needed so long.
Everyone's feeling pretty,
It's hotter than july,
Though the world's full of problems,
They couldn't touch us even if they tried.
Well there's Basie, Miller, Satchmo
And the king of all, Sir Duke,
And with a voice like Ella's ringing out,
There's no way the band can lose.
No more lying friends wanting tragic ends,
Though they do pretend,
They won't go when I go.
Baby, everything is alright,
Uptight, outta sight!
I feel like this is the beginning,
Though I've loved you for a million years,
And if I thought our love was ending,
I'd find myself drowning in my own tears.
Her brother's smart, he's got more sense than many,
His patience long, but soon he won't have any,
To find a job is like a haystack needle,
'Cause where he lives, they don't use coloured people,
Living just enough, just enough for the city.
When you believe in things that you don't understand,
Then you suffer,
Superstition ain't the way.
You know it doesn't make much sense,
There ought to be a law against
Anyone who takes offence
At a day in your celebration,
'Cause we all know in our minds
That there ought to be a time
That we can set aside
To show just how much we love you,
And I'm sure you would agree,
What could fit more perfectly
Than to have a world party
On the day you came to be?
Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday.